By Chad Felton, The News-Herald It’s been 30 years since Laketran introduced Dial-a-Ride, its door-to-door transportation service initiated by simply picking up the phone and booking a trip. Now, in the ever-evolving spirit of upgraded technology, Lake County’s transit agency is launching an extension of the vastly popular service with its Request-a-Ride online reservation program […]
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Ohio’s beleaguered public transit is on the edge of real financial crisis with sales tax changes
By Ginger Christ, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ohio’s public transit is on the edge of a financial disaster as a statewide tax nears its end. In response to a federal mandate, the sales and use tax on Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) will no longer be collected by the state starting in July. […]
Laketran evacuated 30 Greyhound passengers to safety
Lake County, OH – On Friday, April 10, 2015 Laketran was contacted by Madison Police Department to evacuate 30 passengers from the Greyhound bus that was involved in the bomb threat that closed I-90 for nearly 3 hours. Passengers were taken to Madison Fire Station 3 until the Greyhound bus and passengers were cleared by Lake […]